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S R Docker1, R Railton, M Nieman

  • 1West of Scotland Health Boards, Department of Clinical Physics and Bio-Engineering, Lanarkshire, UK.

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Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Surgical Technology

Background:

  • Electrosurgical active leads are critical for safe and effective surgical procedures.
  • Faulty leads can lead to serious complications, including electrosurgical burns.
  • Current methods for assessing lead integrity may be insufficient.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To survey the types and modes of failures in electrosurgical active leads.
  • To design and present a meter for routine testing of these leads in sterilizing departments.
  • To establish effective rejection criteria for defective leads.

Main Methods:

  • A survey was conducted on a population of approximately 200 electrosurgical active leads.
  • A novel meter was designed for resistance testing of the leads.
  • Defective leads were identified using a criterion of two times the original resistance.

Main Results:

  • 35 out of approximately 200 cables were found to be defective.
  • Approximately half of the defective cables exhibited inefficient radio frequency (RF) power transmission, with intermittent power and potential hot spot development.
  • The most frequent failure mode was a break in the cable near the forceps end.

Conclusions:

  • Faulty electrosurgical active leads pose a significant risk of burns during surgical procedures.
  • Routine testing with a dedicated meter is essential for identifying defective leads.
  • A suggested rejection criterion for leads is a resistance less than 0.3 omega.